St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-17

rom the common people. Even Christ
came from the common people, and Sc
henceforth in the history of the world
should it be dishoaerable for a man to
ue poor. Does the getS:ag of money
constitute greatness. No, it does not;
and III ease it did, we would now haE@
no country, rs you all know. Take for
instance, A. II. Stewart, who instead of
going to the front when the war broke
out, staid ut home and spent his time in
making money. 1t was simply cruel
cunning. This sort of men never had
any sympathy for the workic,cc man.
No man should fec.. that when
the worklngmc-.. are trying to better
Iheir svno,tion and raise their children
10 higher level that they are working
against the best interest of the govern
ment. The poor you will always have
with you. That is settled fact. 1t is
the SmarteSt men who come to the top.
In this free country n man of ability has
Il chance to rise, and these efforts you
are making now will help educate men
and tit them for going out into the world
and making his mark. | do not believe
any laboring man deserves property
What he wants is an opportunity tQ ac-
cumulate property. Property rep
resents labor and security, and
man cannot be blamed for wanting to
accumulate it. There was never such
an opportunity as there is in the city of
Minneapolis. Nearly all your capital
lists here made their money by buying
property here early in the history of the
city, and what you laboring men want
to do is to follow their example. Some
men come to this country from places
from where they have been terribly OPP
nrpSSp1 and thaN look nnnn nyarN kind
of government as an enemy. But to de-
StrOy propertyis to bring back barbariSm.
1t takes 10000 acres of land to support
one savage, but 10000 civilized people
can live and thrive on the same land.
There is nothing more low and deSpic-
able than savage life. 1t only brings
wretchedneSS and misery. If you were
to destroy this complex civilization
nine-tenthS of the people now here
would have to go to the wall. There
would he nothing for our tradesmen to
do. We want to preserve our clviliZa-
ton, but we
DO NOT WANT ANY OPPRESSION.
The many should be benetitad and not
the few. Why is it sometimes you la
boring men fail in your endeavOrS to
better your condition? 1t is because
when you decide that you cannot live on
81 day along comes a crowd of men
who will work for 81 day, and if you
prevent them public opinion turns
against you. These men come from
Europe, where most damnable system
of persecution exists, and the poor men
are obliged to flock across the waters to
gain living. The root of the whole
trouble is that the despotism across the
water is grinding men down to
the level of mere bruteS, and the
way to abolish is to abolish the kings
and rulers of the old country. You
can't keep these men away from this
country, for if you do public opinion
condemns you, says you are refusing to
let your fellow men live. If had my
way the president of the United States
would denOunce in every message to
congress the system of deSp0tism which
exists across the water. This powerful
engine of public opinion is not to be de-
spised. Take for instance Charles
Parnell. The eight-hour move
ment is a necessity. Long
hours have been tried and have
proved failure, and it must eventually
come to eight hours in this country.
There is only so much vitality in man,
and if all this is exhausted by manual
labor there is none left for mental effort.
If the common people propose to rule
this country as they should do they
should not lose all their vitality by hard
work. Draw the line and say: Eight
hours for work, eight hours for sleep, and
eight hours for information and recrea